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The MAROON Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 September 13,1985 Vol. 64, No. 4 Students speak out Bruce Jupiter, right, makes his point against South Africa's apartheid government during the Free Speech Alley Sept. 6, sponsored by the Loyola union. Below, students listen to alley speakers. See related story, page 3. —Photos by John McCusker Beggars' party under investigation By Jeannie Marendt Staff writer Reports of harassment and fighting at a Beggars fraternity rush party have prompted the Office of Student Affairs to request a written investigation from the Beggars, Joseph K. Kavanaugh, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, said. Kavanaugh said he met Monday with Tim Babin, Beggars president, to discuss reports of Beggars' treatment of freshmen who participated in fall rush at the Bahama Mama party held off campus Sept. 6. The Beggars' written investigation is due in Student Affairs today, Kavnaugh said. "It is not in dispute whether some form of fighting took place. It's a matter of what specifically went on," Kavanaugh said. Babin said Wednesday that Beggars is still investigating the incidents at the party. "I do think some people were drunk," he said. "Tempers flared." Kavanaugh said the investigation procedure starts with the executive committee of the fraternity chapter, which looks into the matter and compiles a report. The report must include an investigation of what happened, any internal disciplinary actions planned by the chapter and recommendations to the Student Affairs Office, he said. If not satisfied with the report, the Office of Student Affairs will initiate additional action on the fraternity, Kavanaugh said. At the Interfraternity Council meeting Wednesday, the Beggars requested that the IFC allow them to send a letter of apology to all students who have registered for the fall rush season. Steve Cimino, IFC president, said the request was approved. Cimino said the IFC will not make any disciplinary recommendation to Student Affairs at least until the Beggars conclude their investigation. The incidents at the party will have a negative effect on the success of fall rush, Cimino said, but until all the facts are gathered the impact of the incidents will not be known. After the Wednesday meeting, Babin requested that anyone with information related to the incidents report it to Kavanaugh in the Student Affairs Office. But some freshmen at the party who were involved in fights or witnesses were hesitant to give their name to The Maroon for fear of reprisal by the Beggars. One student, who would not give his name but said he is a freshman at the University of New Orleans, said he was told, "Go home. Go home. You're not Beggar material. Get out." 4 7 do think some people were drunk. Tempers flared." —Babin "These people were beating up people for walking on the grass," he said. "One of them said, 'I'm a Beggar. We don't mind killing you.' " Another freshman, who also wished to remain anonymous, said he was involved in a fight at the party. He said one drunk Beggar threw a punch at him. "I was really gung-ho for the Beggars before this. I was really disappointed. I'm not going to rush any fraternity now," he said. "I got ap.applpgy Cj.otn lone of the members]. That was nice, but you can't apologize for someone else's actions," he said. "They were picking fights with everybody," Guy Silla, business freshman, said. Silla, who said he witnessed a fight between a Beggar and a freshmen, added that he was nearly hit in the face by a drunk member of Beggars who was swinging a bamboo stick. "I grabbed it and pushed it aside and told him not to swing it because he would hit someone in the face or poke an eye out or something," he said. "When I was starting to walk [away], one of them jumped in front of me and said, 'Why did you do that? You didn't have to start a fight with him' . . . and then about five of them surrounded Chris and me." Silla said he and his friend pushed their way out of the crowd and left. Chris Stockwell, music freshmen, said he was offended by the attitude of the Beggars at the party. "It was not a party at all," he said. "They (the Beggars] should have been at least friendly to everybody. I didn't Loyola tries new plans to increase shuttle use By Judi Hymel News Editor Extended hours, a new stop and a new promotional campaign are ways Loyola is encouraging commuters to use the campus shuttle service, which has been operating with about 265 riders of the 1,000 originally expected. The shuttle costs the university $200,000 to operate. Even if 1,000 commuters buy the $40 decal the university would have to subsidize a loss of $60,000. "I don't know how long the university will be able to subsidize it," said Vincent P. Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs. "If students don't use it, you legitimately have to question what the parking needs are," he said. "Maybe there isn't a parking problem." According to Deborah Reid Bryant, director of Commuter Services, the university has contracted with the shuttle service, London Livery Ltd. Limousines, for the 1985-86 academic year. Knipfing said he was "mystified" that students were not riding the shuttle, although he believes one reason students aren't riding the shuttle is because the Residential Parking Permit Plan has not been fully implemented or enforced until recently. According to Audrey Gates, the city's parking director, all permit signs have been installed in the areas that have petitoned for the limited parking zones. Courtesy tickets were issued until Sept. 3. Since that date, 218 parking tickets have been issued, said Bobby Nathan, city parking manager. But students have found ways around parking in the permit zones. Many said they get to campus early to park on the river side of St. Charles Avenue or on other streets that do not have the parking restrictions. To encourage commuters to ride the shuttle and offer a more convenient service, changes have been made, Bryant said. The shuttle was originally scheduled to run from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. but students requested that it run later in the evening, so shuttle hours were extended to 7 p.m., she said. Monday the shuttle began stopping at Uptown Square to make the service more attractive to students, Bryant said. The original three stops are the Batture/Riverview area of Audubon Park, the Broadway Campus and the Loyola horseshoe. There are no shelters at any of the stops, but in bad weather riders boarding the shuttle at the Batture can wait in their car with the lights on and they will be picked up at their car, Bryant said. Commuter services has asked the Student Government Association and See Shuttle/page 4 See Beggars/page 4

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The MAROON Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 September 13,1985 Vol. 64, No. 4 Students speak out Bruce Jupiter, right, makes his point against South Africa's apartheid government during the Free Speech Alley Sept. 6, sponsored by the Loyola union. Below, students listen to alley speakers. See related story, page 3. —Photos by John McCusker Beggars' party under investigation By Jeannie Marendt Staff writer Reports of harassment and fighting at a Beggars fraternity rush party have prompted the Office of Student Affairs to request a written investigation from the Beggars, Joseph K. Kavanaugh, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, said. Kavanaugh said he met Monday with Tim Babin, Beggars president, to discuss reports of Beggars' treatment of freshmen who participated in fall rush at the Bahama Mama party held off campus Sept. 6. The Beggars' written investigation is due in Student Affairs today, Kavnaugh said. "It is not in dispute whether some form of fighting took place. It's a matter of what specifically went on," Kavanaugh said. Babin said Wednesday that Beggars is still investigating the incidents at the party. "I do think some people were drunk," he said. "Tempers flared." Kavanaugh said the investigation procedure starts with the executive committee of the fraternity chapter, which looks into the matter and compiles a report. The report must include an investigation of what happened, any internal disciplinary actions planned by the chapter and recommendations to the Student Affairs Office, he said. If not satisfied with the report, the Office of Student Affairs will initiate additional action on the fraternity, Kavanaugh said. At the Interfraternity Council meeting Wednesday, the Beggars requested that the IFC allow them to send a letter of apology to all students who have registered for the fall rush season. Steve Cimino, IFC president, said the request was approved. Cimino said the IFC will not make any disciplinary recommendation to Student Affairs at least until the Beggars conclude their investigation. The incidents at the party will have a negative effect on the success of fall rush, Cimino said, but until all the facts are gathered the impact of the incidents will not be known. After the Wednesday meeting, Babin requested that anyone with information related to the incidents report it to Kavanaugh in the Student Affairs Office. But some freshmen at the party who were involved in fights or witnesses were hesitant to give their name to The Maroon for fear of reprisal by the Beggars. One student, who would not give his name but said he is a freshman at the University of New Orleans, said he was told, "Go home. Go home. You're not Beggar material. Get out." 4 7 do think some people were drunk. Tempers flared." —Babin "These people were beating up people for walking on the grass," he said. "One of them said, 'I'm a Beggar. We don't mind killing you.' " Another freshman, who also wished to remain anonymous, said he was involved in a fight at the party. He said one drunk Beggar threw a punch at him. "I was really gung-ho for the Beggars before this. I was really disappointed. I'm not going to rush any fraternity now," he said. "I got ap.applpgy Cj.otn lone of the members]. That was nice, but you can't apologize for someone else's actions," he said. "They were picking fights with everybody," Guy Silla, business freshman, said. Silla, who said he witnessed a fight between a Beggar and a freshmen, added that he was nearly hit in the face by a drunk member of Beggars who was swinging a bamboo stick. "I grabbed it and pushed it aside and told him not to swing it because he would hit someone in the face or poke an eye out or something," he said. "When I was starting to walk [away], one of them jumped in front of me and said, 'Why did you do that? You didn't have to start a fight with him' . . . and then about five of them surrounded Chris and me." Silla said he and his friend pushed their way out of the crowd and left. Chris Stockwell, music freshmen, said he was offended by the attitude of the Beggars at the party. "It was not a party at all," he said. "They (the Beggars] should have been at least friendly to everybody. I didn't Loyola tries new plans to increase shuttle use By Judi Hymel News Editor Extended hours, a new stop and a new promotional campaign are ways Loyola is encouraging commuters to use the campus shuttle service, which has been operating with about 265 riders of the 1,000 originally expected. The shuttle costs the university $200,000 to operate. Even if 1,000 commuters buy the $40 decal the university would have to subsidize a loss of $60,000. "I don't know how long the university will be able to subsidize it," said Vincent P. Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs. "If students don't use it, you legitimately have to question what the parking needs are," he said. "Maybe there isn't a parking problem." According to Deborah Reid Bryant, director of Commuter Services, the university has contracted with the shuttle service, London Livery Ltd. Limousines, for the 1985-86 academic year. Knipfing said he was "mystified" that students were not riding the shuttle, although he believes one reason students aren't riding the shuttle is because the Residential Parking Permit Plan has not been fully implemented or enforced until recently. According to Audrey Gates, the city's parking director, all permit signs have been installed in the areas that have petitoned for the limited parking zones. Courtesy tickets were issued until Sept. 3. Since that date, 218 parking tickets have been issued, said Bobby Nathan, city parking manager. But students have found ways around parking in the permit zones. Many said they get to campus early to park on the river side of St. Charles Avenue or on other streets that do not have the parking restrictions. To encourage commuters to ride the shuttle and offer a more convenient service, changes have been made, Bryant said. The shuttle was originally scheduled to run from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. but students requested that it run later in the evening, so shuttle hours were extended to 7 p.m., she said. Monday the shuttle began stopping at Uptown Square to make the service more attractive to students, Bryant said. The original three stops are the Batture/Riverview area of Audubon Park, the Broadway Campus and the Loyola horseshoe. There are no shelters at any of the stops, but in bad weather riders boarding the shuttle at the Batture can wait in their car with the lights on and they will be picked up at their car, Bryant said. Commuter services has asked the Student Government Association and See Shuttle/page 4 See Beggars/page 4